By Kevin Reynolds As I entered the Hyatt, all-together too early but much too excited to stay away any longer, the first signs of Winter Warm-Up were immediately apparent.  Cardinal fans stood in the lobby at least an hour before the first scheduled signing of the day. A multitude of placards and posters directed traffic through the plush maze of the hotel's imposing structure. And a small army of white-shirted volunteers manned booths, worked desks, managed autograph lines...and even spared a moment to talk with those of us with a bit of time to kill."I'm a talker," Patty Wood, the gracious anchor of the Talent Check-In desk, said with a smile. As a Home Economics teacher in St. Louis County, Patty said she's "in the business of talking," but for the last eight years, she's found...